出国留学英语阅读强化教程(提高)

\"本套教材共四册，是面向高中英语水平以上的学生而编写的强化阅读教程。本套书的词汇量起点为 最基础的3 000 个单词，通过计算机程序筛选，以英国国家语料库最常用词汇列表的前11部分为基准，每 册书增加2 000 个新词，四册书的词汇覆盖量达到11 000。每册各包含十个单元，每单元由Focus on、Text A和Text B三部分组成。 本书帮助学生掌握第7 000~9 000 的两千词汇量；Focus on板块主要聚焦阅读技巧与策略，提高学生 对阅读材料的整体理解与鉴赏。 本套教材配有慕课在线课件和在线测试系统，全部课文也都配有英美原声朗读音频，可以进入“海 大慕课”（www.moocouc.com）参加学习、辅导，并下载音频文件。\"

Unit 1 Education ....................................................................................1 Section I Focus on Reading Speed...................................................................2 Section II Text A: Preparation for Practical Life .............................................8 Section III Text B: “Boxed In” Black ................................................................ 21 Unit 2 Language and Intelligence........................................................35 Section I Focus on Previewing ...................................................................... 36 Section II Text A: Body Language .................................................................. 39 Section III Text B: Super-Intelligence and the Singularity ........................... 54 Unit 3 Finance ......................................................................................69 Section I Focus on Connotations and Denotations ................................... 70 Section II Text A: Funny Money .................................................................... 72 Section III Text B: Buying Tomorrow ............................................................. 81 Unit 4 Culture ......................................................................................97 Section I Focus on Collocations ................................................................... 98 Section II Text A: As to Humanness ............................................................ 101 Section III Text B: “Gypsy” Myth and Romani Reality —New Evidence for Romani History ........................................ 113 Unit 5 Journalism ..............................................................................125 Section I Focus on Allusion......................................................................... 126 Section II Text A: Feak Show—History with Lightning............................ 130 Section III Text B: Fun House—Swingin’ on the Flippity-Flop ................. 141 Unit 6 Globalization ..........................................................................153 Section I Focus on Idioms ........................................................................... 154 Section II Text A: Globalization, Sovereignty, and Governance .............. 156 Section III Text B: Th e Emergence of a European Economy, Tenth Th rough Th irteenth Centuries ........................................ 167 vi 出国留学英语 阅读强化教程提高 Unit 7 Feminism ................................................................................179 Section I Focus on Figurative Language .................................................... 180 Section II Text A: Making the Cut ............................................................... 184 Section III Text B: Reading Jane Austen’s Final, Unfi nished Novel .......................................................................... 194 Unit 8 Philosophy ..............................................................................203 Section I Focus on Inductive Reasoning and Deductive Reasoning ................................................................... 204 Section II Text A: Th e Birth of Tragedy ....................................................... 207 Section III Text B: My Adventure with Nietzsche ....................................... 220 Unit 9 Politics and Sport ...................................................................231 Section I Focus on Summarizing ................................................................ 232 Section II Text A: Th e Conservative Tradition ........................................... 234 Section III Text B: Th e Great Game .............................................................. 247 Unit 10 Morality ................................................................................257 Section I Focus on Synthesizing Sources .................................................. 258 Section II Text A: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds .......................... 261 Section III Text B : Th e Long Goodbye ......................................................... 273